Another Poole of Fishponds was the Undertaker for my Gt. Grandfather: John Charles Worth (1830-97) of Filwood Rd. Cheers, Edna - Ottawa

Thank you so much for that link Josephine as I am sure that my maternal ancestors would have used their services, having lived in Bedmister, off Parson Street & Bedminster Road. In fact, the same area where I spent the first 7 years of my life! Patricia A Almonte, ON Canada ---------------------------------------------------------------- An interesting article on this family's historic funeral service can be seen here: http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/FAMILY-S-HISTORIC-FUNERAL-SERVICE/article-2844186-detail/article.html -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

If your ancestors lived in Bedminster during the last 150 years, they may have used the services of the local funeral business set up Bedminster Parade in 1860 by Edwin BURNELL. Later the firm became E. BURNELL & Son and it is now BURNELL TOVEY LTD. An interesting article on this family's historic funeral service can be seen here: http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/FAMILY-S-HISTORIC-FUNERAL-SERVICE/article-2844186-detail/article.html -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Hello Marion. Thank you very much for taking the trouble to 'have a ook' - and for introducing me to the BathBMD Site ; I had no idea such detail was available, and free! I have looked for the Smith twins everywhere I can think of without success. There are just too many Smiths, of those names and birth date, to render identification almost impossible I reckon. I take your point that their mother was probably not the Elizabeth I initially thought. However my principal interest there was to find the maiden name (and thus her parents etc..) of the Elizabeth (born c.1834 Monckton Combe) who married a Smith and had four children by him there, one of whom features in my Tree. Eventually I suppose I must buy her marriage certificate - but that is becoming increasingly costly. I had hoped that the Monckton Combe PRs might have the answers. I am most grateful to you for trying. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marion" <lowe.marion@gmail.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 9:18 PM Subject: Re: [B&S] monckton combe PRs Looking at the Bath BMD site, http://www.bathbmd.org.uk, I can see entries for several SMITH children, mother's maiden name WATTS, which correspond with the children shown on the 1871 census. William and Ann WATTS are shown next door on that census. The twins are more elusive. I doubt they are Elizabeth's as she didn't marry William SMITH until much later, and she is enumerated as WATTS elsewhere in Monkton Combe. Have you found them on any other census? Marion On 5 November 2010 20:50, Joe Emery <joeemery@btinternet.com> wrote: > Does anyone have ready access to the Monckton Combe PRs please? I am trying to identify the Elizabeth Smith age 37, married,born Monckton Combe who, in 1871, was at Ivy Cottages there with her four children. > A William Smith married an Elizabeth Jane Watts in the Bath area in 1863 and I think she may have been Elizabeth Watts, born c1835, a daughter of William Watts & Ann at Monckton Combe. In 1851 there, William & Ann had their own five children AND a pair of twins, viz. Ellen and James Smith age 1 year, born Walcot,Som. No parentage or relationship is shown for the twins but the association of names leads me to think they may have been grandchildren of William & Ann and the children of their daughter Elizabeth. Any help or other ideas would be greatly appreciated. Joe Emery > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3240 - Release Date: 11/05/10 19:34:00

Hi All Anyone researing the above families within the Lambrook areas? Rex

Anyone with an interest in the Bristol Blitz might like to look at Bristol Blitzed -- A website and architectural walking trail of World War Two Bristol as remembered by residents of the city. http://www.bristolblitzed.org/ -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:33:26 -0000, Jenny Kingsbury <jen.k1951@virgin.net> wrote: > His name is also on the Remembrance plaque on the wall of the the ruined > St. Peter's Church in Castle Park in Bristol. Finally had a look at it > back in September. I see, from an article written at the time of the 2008 unveiling of the memorial at the ruined St. Peter's Church, that the names of 1,300 victims of the Bristol Blitz are commemorated. The names of those who died can also be seen here: http://fishponds.org.uk/bristolmem.html -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Thanks Josephine, yes I do know about the reference. His name is also on the Remembrance plaque on the wall of the the ruined St. Peter's Church in Castle Park in Bristol. Finally had a look at it back in September. My Father and his Mum and sisters had to move out of their house as the windows had blown in, and stayed in various places until repaired and made safe. He joined the Royal Engineers in the latter part of the War and ended up in Egypt for 2 years. With the insurance money from his Father's death, his Mother bought him an Apprenticeship with an Electrical Contractor in Bristol, and he met another chap who worked there, who later married one of Dad's sisters. Whilst Dad was in Eygpt they moved down to Weston-super-Mare with my Grandmother, and never went back to Bristol to live. My other two Aunts lived in Bristol. Jenny. -----Original Message----- From: Josephine Jeremiah Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 9:12 PM To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: [B&S] Fifth Bristol Blitz ofSunday 16th. March and Monday 17th. March, 1941 (Crypt of Bristol churches used as shelters ...) On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:40:33 -0000, Jenny Kingsbury <jen.k1951@virgin.net> wrote: > My Grandfather Rowland Henry Cox/Cocks was killed in a bomb blast in > Richmond Road, Montpelier on the 17th March 1941. Jenny, I'm sure you already know that a reference to the death of your 58-year-old grandfather, who was a Fire Guard, is here: http://fishponds.org.uk/bristolmem.html#march1941 However, anyone who doesn't know much about the Bristol Blitz might want to cast an eye down this long list of people who died because of the raid, which took place on the night of Sunday 16th. March and Monday 17th. March 1941. An eyewitness wrote that the raid went on 'hour after hour'. It must have been terrifying. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Looking at the Bath BMD site, http://www.bathbmd.org.uk, I can see entries for several SMITH children, mother's maiden name WATTS, which correspond with the children shown on the 1871 census. William and Ann WATTS are shown next door on that census. The twins are more elusive. I doubt they are Elizabeth's as she didn't marry William SMITH until much later, and she is enumerated as WATTS elsewhere in Monkton Combe. Have you found them on any other census? Marion On 5 November 2010 20:50, Joe Emery <joeemery@btinternet.com> wrote: > Does anyone have ready access to the Monckton Combe PRs please?  I am trying to identify the Elizabeth Smith age 37, married,born Monckton Combe who, in 1871, was at Ivy Cottages there with her four children. > A William Smith married an Elizabeth Jane Watts in the Bath area in 1863 and I think she may have been Elizabeth Watts, born c1835, a daughter of William Watts & Ann at Monckton Combe. In 1851 there, William & Ann had their own five children AND a pair of twins, viz. Ellen and James Smith age 1 year, born Walcot,Som. No parentage or relationship is shown for the twins but the association of names leads me to think they may have been grandchildren of William & Ann and the children of their daughter Elizabeth. Any help or other ideas would be greatly appreciated.  Joe Emery > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:40:33 -0000, Jenny Kingsbury <jen.k1951@virgin.net> wrote: > My Grandfather Rowland Henry Cox/Cocks was killed in a bomb blast in > Richmond Road, Montpelier on the 17th March 1941. Jenny, I'm sure you already know that a reference to the death of your 58-year-old grandfather, who was a Fire Guard, is here: http://fishponds.org.uk/bristolmem.html#march1941 However, anyone who doesn't know much about the Bristol Blitz might want to cast an eye down this long list of people who died because of the raid, which took place on the night of Sunday 16th. March and Monday 17th. March 1941. An eyewitness wrote that the raid went on 'hour after hour'. It must have been terrifying. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Does anyone have ready access to the Monckton Combe PRs please? I am trying to identify the Elizabeth Smith age 37, married,born Monckton Combe who, in 1871, was at Ivy Cottages there with her four children. A William Smith married an Elizabeth Jane Watts in the Bath area in 1863 and I think she may have been Elizabeth Watts, born c1835, a daughter of William Watts & Ann at Monckton Combe. In 1851 there, William & Ann had their own five children AND a pair of twins, viz. Ellen and James Smith age 1 year, born Walcot,Som. No parentage or relationship is shown for the twins but the association of names leads me to think they may have been grandchildren of William & Ann and the children of their daughter Elizabeth. Any help or other ideas would be greatly appreciated. Joe Emery

On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:40:47 -0000, liverpud <liverpud-49@rogers.com> wrote: > Took a bus up to the Zoo in Clifton, walked over and across the Clifton > Suspension Bridge Mention of the Zoo, has reminded me that there has been a Bangless Bonfire Night at Bristol Zoo Gardens last night and tonight. Bristol Zoo has recently won two top awards. Details are here: http://www.cliftonpeople.co.uk/groups/bristolzoogardens/Bristol-Zoo-Gardens-scoops-awards-British-Zoo/story-10188868-detail/story.html -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

My Grandfather Rowland Henry Cox/Cocks was killed in a bomb blast in Richmond Road, Montpelier on the 17th March 1941. He had gone from their house on air raid warden duty, remembered he'd left something behind, came back to fetch it, walked back outside with my Father then aged 15, and they heard the bomb coming, when it hit the house opposite they didn't hear a thing, just a whoosh of hot air, and both were buried under the rubble. My Father got out, but his Father was dead. Jenny Kingsbury. Somerset. -----Original Message----- From: Josephine Jeremiah Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 7:39 PM To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: [B&S] Crypts of Bristol churches used as shelters during the Blitz In a previous message, I mentioned that hundreds of people were sheltering from the bombing in the crypt at St. Paul's, in Southville, Bedminster on the Good Friday night of 11th. April 1941. A month earlier, during the Fifth Blitz of Bristol, which lasted from Sunday 16th. March to Monday 17th. March 1941, it is said that 300 people were sheltering in St. Michael's crypt, when the church caught fire. All escaped without harm. Those sheltering in the crypt of St. Barnabas on 17th. March 1941 weren't so fortunate, as this crypt suffered a direct hit and people were killed and injured. http://www.churchcrawler.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bristol3/city_rd.htm -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you very much Marsha, I think it must be the same lady. She was variously a servant and a housekeeper by occupation, and I have her on all UK censuses except 1891, so I suspect she may have stayed in the US for a while. Interesting that she says she is American, though! Marion On 5 November 2010 17:05, Stringer <stringer@mstringer.net> wrote: > Hi Marion, > > The list (original image) doesn't give much information. > > Ship: Warwick; arrived NY 31 Aug 1882; sailed from Bristol > Georgina RESDEN, age 25 [b abt 1857], domestic, one of the few people on the page saying she is American > > > > > Marsha Stringer (nee MEERE) > stringer@mstringer.net > USA > www.bittonfamilies.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Marion > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 11:58 AM > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > Subject: [B&S] New York Passenger lists lookup please? > > Ancestry has a Georgina RESDEN listed on the above index. > > I would like to know if this is the Georgina or Georgiana RESDEN who > was born 1857 at Hutton. If anyone could check for me I'd be very > grateful. > > Marion > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:53:05 -0000, liverpud <liverpud-49@rogers.com> wrote: > Watched an excellent DVD the other evening WWII in Color, excellent film > taken during the war. It's about 3-1/2 hours long but it can be viewed > by chapter. You may be able to order it from your Library DVD 940.5344 > C719 There's something similar on Channel 4 in the U.K. at the moment. It's called Apocalypse: The Second World War. The first episode was last Saturday night. The second episode is tomorrow night at 8.p.m. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/apocalypse-the-second-world-war -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

In a previous message, I mentioned that hundreds of people were sheltering from the bombing in the crypt at St. Paul's, in Southville, Bedminster on the Good Friday night of 11th. April 1941. A month earlier, during the Fifth Blitz of Bristol, which lasted from Sunday 16th. March to Monday 17th. March 1941, it is said that 300 people were sheltering in St. Michael's crypt, when the church caught fire. All escaped without harm. Those sheltering in the crypt of St. Barnabas on 17th. March 1941 weren't so fortunate, as this crypt suffered a direct hit and people were killed and injured. http://www.churchcrawler.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bristol3/city_rd.htm -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:52:53 -0000, liverpud <liverpud-49@rogers.com> wrote: > I do remember the Tramways Centre when I was a child. > My dear Bristol cousin has some choice words about all the changes... Like many, I used to get the bus home from the Centre after a Saturday night 'in town' dancing at the Corn Exchange or going to the Gaumont cinema. The bus stop was outside the Hippodrome, which was handy if you went to theatre. The change that I found most disconcerting is the bus stop for the bus 'home' is now on the other side of the Centre. Another change is that the imposing CWS building is no longer there. That was such a feature in my youth and also in the background of old postcards of the Tramway Centre looking along St. Augustine's Reach. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:34:48 -0000, Adrian Olsen <adrian1@waitrose.com> wrote: > Great to see that the excellent fish and chip shop at the bottom of > Christmas Steps was still there in 2008 (when the website was last > updated). That fish and chip shop was at the bottom of Christmas Steps in the mid 1930s as my Mum used to go there after a Saturday evening spent at the Ice Rink. The following comes from her 'Memories': Before my friends and I parted to go our various ways home, we would carry our bikes down a long flight of steps and when we reached the bottom there was a fish and chip shop. It was a tiny shop in this medieval area. The fish and chips were 3d. and tasted wonderful. After this feast, we visited the kiosk for a cup of tea or coffee. The tea cost a penny ha'penny and the coffee 2d. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:11:58 -0000, liverpud <liverpud-49@rogers.com> wrote: > http://www.francisfrith.com/bristol/photos/christmas-steps-c1935_b212193/ Thanks for this, Edna. What a brilliant collection! I see that a picture of Christmas Steps, c.1935 is at the top, but the one I was thinking of, which dates from c.1950, is further down the page. Just before that photograph from c.1950 is reached, my eye was caught by a photo of The Tramways Centre and a reference about romances starting under the Tramway Clock there. I have a feeling I used that Tramway Clock as a meeting place, too, and afterwards went to the ice cream parlour, Verrechia's, at nearby St. Augustine's Parade. Oh, the things we remember when looking at old photographs! If any Bristol researcher hasn't looked at these Francis Frith photographs, yet, you are in for a treat when you do have a look. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:56:20 -0000, liverpud <liverpud-49@rogers.com> wrote: > St. Paul's Church, Bedminster > This stone was blessed by the Lord Bishop of Bristol after > being laid by Canon W. Kingsley Martin Encumbent of this church when it > was destroyed by enemy action on Good Friday 1941.(11 April 1941) The Sixth Blitz of Bristol extended over Friday 11th and Saturday 12th April, 1941 and hundreds of people were sheltering in the crypt at St. Paul's, in Southville, Bedminster on that Good Friday night. Miraculously they survived. An eye-witness account of that April night, when incendiary bombs burnt down St. Paul's, leaving just the four walls standing, is on the following web page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/articles/2008/03/27/st_pauls_feature.shtml The web page is entitled 'Risen from the ashes' because, years later, St. Paul's, Bedminster was restored. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com